Psychopathic Relations and the Super-Patriarch

This essay analyzes the psychopathic (i.e., anti-social) currents within hegemonic social relations—deregulation, environmental devastation, militarization, and the like. The essay locates these currents within patriarchal norms. It also promotes feminist theory as a resource for assessing the psychopathic relations that these norms have produced.

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Gender & Society
Published
2026-04-01
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https://doi.org/10.1177/08912432261436405
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Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
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Psychopathic Relations and the Super-Patriarch

Roderick A. Ferguson
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Psychopathic Relations and the Super-Patriarch

Roderick A. Ferguson
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Abstract

This essay analyzes the psychopathic (i.e., anti-social) currents within hegemonic social relations—deregulation, environmental devastation, militarization, and the like. The essay locates these currents within patriarchal norms. It also promotes feminist theory as a resource for assessing the psychopathic relations that these norms have produced.

Gender & SocietyVol. 40(2)
Yale University (US)
Gender equality
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Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
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